I went to get gas this morning and I ran into some other "car guys" there. The comments were positive and they all agreed, The Falcon is a muscle car HAHAHA As you know mine has a 302 in it and this one guy said he had one in high school with a Factory 302. I didn't say a thing. One guy even liked the paint job, said it was "RAT" what ever that means, I don't think he did either hahaha- it was a good day for me though- Vic-in SoCal-
One of the things so FUN about driving the old car. Talked to lots'a folks in the past year since weve had the roadster on the road. Mostly they just stare. Some people get it and some don't.... The women seem to like it - had one this summer who wanted to be a pinup and she posed with the car while her BF took pics. Hey, I like it!!
In 1975 I had a 59A flathead Ford engine and transmission in the back of my 65 Ford pickup and stopped for gas at a local Shell station. The kid who came out to pump the gas was so excited as he stood next to the bed and filled the tank. When he was through he turned to me and asked where I got that big bad Hemi in the bed. I told him it was out of a 59 Imperial limosine and he just laughed and said he knew I was kidding cause they ONLY came in Roadrunners.
I get a kick out of people that see my flathead With offy heads, they ask what kind of motor an offenhauser is. then they say I bet it has alot of horse power(yep all 100 horses).
Not a gas station but a shot and beer bar. Just picked up an 8BA dressed with offy heads weiand 2x2 manifold etc,etc, Engine (not motor) was in the back of my truck. Older guy ( younger than me and I am 64) tells me that must be 700 HP, and he was serious!. Made my day. Gotta love the flathead!!.
Yup...you just can't pull into a gas station without someone saying something. Most are really positive comments even though most are wrong. My brother and I were g***ing up after a show, when a woman walked by and told him that she loved his "Dune Buggy" !!! (32-5 window) LOL
A story p***ed along to me by a car club member years ago took place at a car show in the 50s-60s. One of the feature cars was the Kookie Kar, Ed Byrne's ride in 77 Sunset Strip. A little boy was so excited and told his Grandpa "What abig engine, PawPaw." After reading the logo on the valve covers Grandpa said "Sonny, THAT is a Genuiwine Offenheimer racing motor there! That's what that is!".
Few years back pulled into a gas station for a sticker. They were really busy but a guy in his 30's said pull it into the last bay. You could tell he liked the old stuff. He asked me if. Everything worked and I said yes sir. He then proceeded to carefully s****e my old sticker off. Got winded and cleaned and dried it thoroughly using the razor blade again to get all the adhesive off. He then took what seemed liked minutes to get the new sticker placed just right. Young office girl was hanging around and asked him what was taking him so long and reminded him there were many cars waiting. He paused and looked at her and said"you just wouldn't understand." it was priceless
I sorta live in the "hood", so I get the REAL intelligent questions about my T Bucket. "Is it street legal?", "Where's the hood?", "Does it run on gas" (while I'm pumping gas), "Where's the top?", "What happens if it rains?", "Is it a '32?", "Is that the Herman Munster car?". Oh, try explaining what a t Bucket is to someone who knows NOTHING about cars! I try to answer as many questions as I can, in the hopes of educating. But one lady really made my day. She rolled up, stopped and said, "Hey, that's a real nice roadster."
Forgot about that one. overheard some folks this summer say that they liked the dunebuggy as i was walking away from my car this summer.
Wasn't really a comment,but a buddy of mine (American Graffitti had just come out) had dark blue 56 Bel Air 2-door H.T. screamin 265/4-speed chrome slotts,very friendly car but ALOT of fun! Any how we would pull into the gas station and the kids couldn't find the gas cap....we told'em we don't know,we never put gas in it...old joke but fun....hell,it was a different era....R~R
On more than one occasion, I was filling up the 40 Deluxe coupe that my dad and I built and was asked if it was a Volkswagon.
I had a guy come up to me at the gas station as we were loading my olds onto the trailer when i was having fuel problems. He asked me when i was going to go "rimmed up" I told him I didn't know what he was talking about and went back to loading my car onto the trailer
When I was 12/13 I actually thought that flatheads with Offy heads were Offy engines. But luckily a year or two later I figured out that only the heads were Offy and the engines were Ford or Merc. That's a hell of a nice little Falcon retiredblue. I'd say that as long as the comments were all positive and it made the others happy it was a good day.
My old pickup ran on propane, I was at a service station near Olympia, Wa. filling it up and a young guy walked buy and said with a puzzled look "Dude, does that thing run on barbecue fuel?"
A couple of comments that come to mind when filling up my '62 Mercury - "that's gonna look nice when it's done" or "when are you going to finish it". Someone once said to me "that's a nice plymouth". I told him that it was a Mercury and he responded "it's the same thing". Thanks! Tom - Gl***_Packs
Not at a gas station but at our little town's cruise in on the square. Actually there were 2. My hood isn't on yet First guy comes up and says " you ain't running a hood cause the radiator is set too high and it won't fit any more" #2 was this guy giving a friend the grand tour of the show when they come to my car "now the difference between this old Pontiac and the others is that this car is all original" my V8, the air compressor all in plain view....still LMAO! 48 Poncho
i like it when they say their uncles second cousins next door neighbor has one just like it,only its a chevy and is red and a 4 door and is a 57 ...
When I'm in school and try to explain the BEST way to people on what I want my car to look like. One said, why do you want a rat rod? And when I was explaining about the beauty of a flathead, a couple of guys said, "so how fast does it go" So I said stock, any where from 85 to 100 horsepower. They then went on to say they could beat me on a dirt bike and smoke me in their rare camaros and modified trucks..... So I said 'maybe so, but atleast I'll have something that different and I don't have to LIE about" I hear so many guys in school saying they built their engines to run 700+ horsepower...
Reminds me of a story my dad told me in the 70's when he had a 62' Corvair, he pulled up to a station and told the guy to check the oil. The kid opened the kid hood and had a terrified look on his face, saying that 'Sir, you don't have a motor'. My dad told him he had a spare in the trunk, and to check that one. -Cody
Nice Falcon. about 83ish,my comments were-would you like me to clean your windows? ahh,a lost art being an island technition
I've got a radically chopped(9 inches) '60 ranchero with an I6 in it.... 9 times out of 10 I get, ''sweet el camino....'' (license plate bracket says 1960 ranchero right on it) I then correct them and say, "well actually it's ford ranchero...." which is then countered with, "oh that's like ford's version of the el camino" you just can't win with some people. had a alot people say that it sounds pretty good for a v8/v6 as they are standing there looking at the motor. i seriously almost had a guy fight me once because he swore up and down I cut up a camaro; some people's kids.........
haha, i was in a parking lot once and thre was a '30 chevy coupe with a home made "bed" sticking out of the trunk. saw it and the owner and looked and told him it was the coolest Cameo i have ever seen. he laughed and said that was a first
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